Does your significant other approve/understand your passion for OA? 0

[exitmusicblue]

No issues here -- have made sure to largely use hobby proceeds for bigger purchases.

She's an artist herself (when not wearing her scientist hat), so it's fun to hear out her opinion.  Although I try not to be caught viewing my Vampi or Psylocke. . . . . . .

 

[Rick2you2]

6 hours ago, aokartman said:

We are very middle class, and my collecting has always reflected that.

Any purchase is made with the understanding that it is not impulsive,

and should at least hold its value, keeping pace with inflation.

Naturally, that leads to an excess of caution, but

it also means less conflict with my wife around my hobby.

She is a fine artist herself... Julie's website link

and she understands pricing, and fluctuation, so that 

is a real bonus when the topic comes up .

Whenever I have sold, though, I still get this...

"Got any more like that kicking around?"

Hi to Julie, David

 

Sounds like someone is looking for a little “sugar”.

[vodou]

4 hours ago, Rick2you2 said:

Sounds like someone is looking for a little “sugar”.

Guess he misunderstood when she offered to show him her etchings...

[vodou]

18 hours ago, Brian Peck said:

It's good to be single !!!!!

 

We've done this dance before Brian...skipping to the end, having twice as much to spend on art and never having to buy dinner or even drinks for daily "access" ...trumps "single !!!"

Ya know, I even like her too.

[vodou]

11 hours ago, aokartman said:

She is a fine artist herself... Julie's website link

and she understands pricing, and fluctuation, so that 

is a real bonus when the topic comes up .

Julie is a great artist.

Imagine what would happen if her still lifes were of Micronauts and Rom toys!

Or robots and donuts in the wild?

[aokartman]

Funny!

I have tried to get her to expand her subject matter,

but she has such a demand for the niche she has found.

The galleries that represent her want her best marketable work.

Galleries are under a lot of stress in our area.

So, she accommodates the demand,

and she actually enjoys the challenge of coming up with

still life settings which fit the demand and still inspire her.

Remember Elton Dorval who used to put original comic strip art

in his paintings?

David

[Brian Peck]

5 hours ago, vodou said:

We've done this dance before Brian...skipping to the end, having twice as much to spend on art and never having to buy dinner or even drinks for daily "access" ...trumps "single !!!"

Ya know, I even like her too.

I never have to buy dinner and drinks on a daily basis either.

Edited November 24, 2019 by Brian Peck

[vodou]

8 minutes ago, Brian Peck said:

I never have to buy dinner and drinks and a daily basis either.

Then you're not single or you've got some really hairy hands

[vodou]

1 hour ago, aokartman said:

Funny!

I have tried to get her to expand her subject matter,

but she has such a demand for the niche she has found.

The galleries that represent her want her best marketable work.

Galleries are under a lot of stress in our area.

So, she accommodates the demand,

and she actually enjoys the challenge of coming up with

still life settings which fit the demand and still inspire her.

Remember Elton Dorval who used to put original comic strip art

in his paintings?

David

Of course (to all of the above) - I'm just teasing.

One can't nor ever should try to redirect an artist (actually anyone) away from their own interests and inclinations. Never. Unless they ask.

[ESeffinga]

I may be the only board member who’s wife has a degree in sequential art?

 

So... there’s that.

[Rick2you2]

35 minutes ago, vodou said:

Then you're not single or you've got some really hairy hands

I should think one hand is adequate.

[vodou]

4 minutes ago, Rick2you2 said:

I should think one hand is adequate.

The dedicated bachelor...long life...got balance the damage

[glendgold]

Every person I've been involved with since I started collecting has been respectful of it, intrigued by it and occasionally unnerved by the insanity behind it.  My girlfriend and I have a duplex. She lives in one unit and i live in the other. We decorate our own ways, and she has some comic art in her place (she just bought a Shag print yesterday).  She likes that I have a passion for something outside the relationship that has an aesthetic slant.  Even if she's baffled by the Howard the Duck part of it. I  think that when conflict about this stuff arises it's because of more basic relationship issues (i.e. someone has a spending problem; someone has control problems; someone has trust issues; someone isn't trustworthy; all of the above) but maybe I'm wrong.

Oh, maybe this is appropriate: I wrote a piece for the NYT about the way we live adjacent to each other. Brian Rea illustrated it. He doesn't sell his originals but he made up two very nice prints for us and now one hangs in each of our places.

 

 

Edited November 24, 2019 by glendgold

[vodou]

1 minute ago, glendgold said:

when conflict about this stuff arises it's because of more basic relationship issues

Probably more right than wrong.

[Rick2you2]

46 minutes ago, glendgold said:

I  think that when conflict about this stuff arises it's because of more basic relationship issues (i.e. someone has a spending problem; someone has control problems; someone has trust issues; someone isn't trustworthy; all of the above) but maybe I'm wrong.

Sometimes, it is the stuff that creates the problems (e.g., different valuation of the importance of something produces differing opinions on how money was being/was actually/should be spent). Or, it can be about taste (a talking duck). 

[Brian Peck]

1 hour ago, Rick2you2 said:

I should think one hand is adequate.

The other is to hold the artwork

 

[theflashunc]

1 hour ago, ESeffinga said:

I may be the only board member who’s wife has a degree in sequential art?

 

So... there’s that.

My partner's got an art history degree with a focus on 20th century modernism. She gets it. Her only request is we don't have comic art dominate the walls, and I stay within a reasonable budget that doesn't impact broader finances. 

So easy peasy on this front.

[MB1952]

On 11/23/2019 at 11:16 AM, Blastaar said:

I try to have a conversation about collecting with my wife and I lose her in the first 30 seconds.

Haha same here, still love her.

[alxjhnsn]

Kathy has an interesting story concerning my comic book and art collecting. If you have a minute, read Still Crazy for Comics. The writer won an award for it.

What's really amazing is that in the years since, she's:

• Had a pull list (Hero Cats)
• Started a sketchbook of "Strong Women"
• Owns a small gallery of artwork featuring (mostly) the Disney bad girls and including a comic book cover (Hero Cats #3 by Marcus Williams that she bought from him directly).
• Commissions artists for my birthday, anniversary, and Christmas presents from a list I give her.

She's very supportive of my purchases - within our financial constraints, e.g., no borrowing money or buying something we can't pay off in a month. This weekend she encouraged me to go after one of my most sought pieces (Superman by Swan / Klein) to the extent that she was actually willing to spend more than I was (lucky for the winner ).

She goes to cons with me though we usually attend them in places that we want to visit for vacation so I'm sure that helps. She's become friends with artists and writers that we've met at shows and we have had a number come to our home for a home cooked meal after Comicpalooza and other Houston based comic  conventions. 

She's also smart, beautiful, and kind. We've made it through 37 years of marriage as of this past Wednesday!
 

Edited November 25, 2019 by alxjhnsn

[John E.]

5 hours ago, glendgold said:

Every person I've been involved with since I started collecting has been respectful of it, intrigued by it and occasionally unnerved by the insanity behind it.  My girlfriend and I have a duplex. She lives in one unit and i live in the other. We decorate our own ways, and she has some comic art in her place (she just bought a Shag print yesterday).  She likes that I have a passion for something outside the relationship that has an aesthetic slant.  Even if she's baffled by the Howard the Duck part of it. I  think that when conflict about this stuff arises it's because of more basic relationship issues (i.e. someone has a spending problem; someone has control problems; someone has trust issues; someone isn't trustworthy; all of the above) but maybe I'm wrong.

Oh, maybe this is appropriate: I wrote a piece for the NYT about the way we live adjacent to each other. Brian Rea illustrated it. He doesn't sell his originals but he made up two very nice prints for us and now one hangs in each of our places.

 

 

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